SUTHERLAND, Frederick Alexander
(Service number 23/1206)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Sergeant |
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Birth
| Date | 07/05/1891 | Place of Birth | Otokia |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 20 May 1915 | Age | 24 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | 50 Sophia Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs P. SUTHERLAND (mother) Brydone, Southland | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | C Company | ||
| Date | 9 October 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparim or Navua or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Cyclist Corps, 22 Cyclist Bn | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
“His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the MILITARY MEDAL to 23/1206 Sergeant Frederick Alexander Sutherland, New Zealand Cyclist Corps, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, for acts of gallantry in the field while in action against the enemy at Marfaux, France, on 23 July 1918.” (London Gazette, 12 November 1918); Bar to Military Medal - December 1918, for acts of gallantry.
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 6 September 1960 | Age | 69 years |
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| Place of Death | Invercargill | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Frederick Alexander Sutherland was born on 7 May 1891 at Otokia, the son of Patrick Frederick Sinclair and Agnes (Nancy, née Ormiston) Dewar. He was educated at Allanton and Momona schools, transferring to Edendale School when the family moved in 1904. By 1914 Frederick was living in Timaru, where he was a carpenter. He was a well-known cyclist, who won the Timaru to Christchurch road race on 24 October 1914, and later the race from Timaru to Winchester and back. He also competed at the 1915 Timaru New Year Sports.
Private F. A. Sutherland was in a batch of South Canterbury men who flocked to the colours in May 1915 and were accepted in Timaru for service at the Front. He was one of those who had passed the medical test and had signed on to leave Timaru for Trentham by special train on 29 May. Before leaving they were to be entertained at afternoon tea in the Drill Hall and then played to the railway Station by the Regimental Band. Single and of Church of England affiliation, he named his mother as next-of-kin – Mrs P. Sutherland, Brydone, Southland. Rifleman F. A. Sutherland embarked with the 1st Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, leaving from Wellington on 9 October 1915. He was wounded on 25 September 1916. Corporal Frederick A. Sutherland was awarded the Military Medal in September 1918, for acts of gallantry in the field; Sergeant F. A. Sutherland was awarded a Bar to the Military Medal in December 1918. 23/1206 Sgt F. A. Sutherland (M.M. and bar) returned to New Zealand by the “Remuera”, arriving at Auckland on 5 May 1919. He gave over four years service, all but 163 days overseas. And he served in New Zealand in World War II.
After the war, Frederick returned to his occupation as a carpenter. He married Margaret Elizabeth Hamilton in 1923. They lived in Invercargill where he died on 6 September 1960, aged 69 years, and was buried in the Eastern Cemetery there. Margaret died in 1972. His younger brother, Arthur Frank Burrows Sutherland, died of wounds in France in 1917.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 May 2022]; Timaru Herald, 4 January 1915, 15 & 26 May 1915, 28 October 1916, 11 February 1919, Otago Daily Times, 19 October 1918, Southland Times, 21 October 1918, Evening Star, 10 February 1919, NZ Times, 17 April 1919 (Papers Past) [13 & 14 May 2022]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 May 2022]; School Admission records (Dunedin & Southland branches NZSG [14 May 2022]; Eastern Cemetery headstone image & burial record (Invercargill City Council) [14 May 2022]
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